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04/22/2008  CFIUS Issues Proposed Regulations
07/11/2007  Congress Passes CFIUS Reform
07/05/2007  Morrison & Foerster Strengthens its China Legal Services with the Addition of a Seven Attorney Team to its Tokyo Office
Team, led by Shingo Hisata, brings expertise in China-related transactions
03/30/2007  Israel Practice News -- Spring 2007
New law may have significant repercussions on Israeli companies and investors that enter or continue to operate in China
01/22/2007  China Court Hears Antitrust Suit Against Sony
01/11/2007  New Measures Governing Acquisition of Mineral Rights
01/08/2007  Morrison & Foerster Before the Supreme Court of the United States
Partner Beth S. Brinkmann argues in dispute over Guam Organic Act
11/27/2006  Outsourcing to India: Dealing With Data Theft and Misuse
10/31/2006  20/20 Hindsight: Recently Released Text of Yahoo! BB Case Puts Companies on the Hook For Preventable and Foreseeable Breaches
10/13/2006  Israel Practice News -- Fall 2006
10/02/2006  Corporate Privacy Rules: Moving Toward A Global Solution
10/01/2006  Corporate Privacy Rules: Moving Toward A Global Solution
08/22/2006  Amended China M&A Rules Alter the Landscape of Offshore-Onshore Restructurings in China
08/04/2006  China Ministry of Information Industry Notice Signals Greater Scrutiny of Internet and Telecom Service Firms
07/03/2006  Morrison & Foerster Represents China Hui Yuan in US$222.25 million Share and CB Placement
06/12/2006  Morrison & Foerster Closes Acquisition for Largest PRC Securities Firm
05/25/2006  Age At A Glance
05/23/2006  Court Orders Payment of 6,000 Yen to Each Plaintiff in Connection with Yahoo! BB Personal Data Leak
04/28/2006  PRC Regulator Update - Mining
04/18/2006  Regulating Spam in the Middle Kingdom - China's New Anti-Spam Regulations
04/17/2006  Activities that Occur Outside the U.S. May Result in Liability for Infringement of a U.S. Patent: AT&T Corp. v. Microsoft Corporation, 414 F.3d 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2005)
03/29/2006  Morrison & Foerster Advises Renovo on IPO and Convertible Note Issue
03/23/2006  Tokyo District Court Orders JFTC to Disclose Entire Case Record to Private Litigant
03/21/2006  Tips for a Successful International Arbitration
03/16/2006  New EU Guidance on E-Mail Filtering
03/14/2006  China Law Bulletin – March 2006
03/13/2006  New French Equal Opportunities Law Limits Use of Candidate Data in Recruitment Process
03/07/2006  MoFo China Closed US$128M Investment for Warburg Pincus
02/08/2006  Data Retention - Implications for Business
02/01/2006  Data Retention – A Bone Of Contention
This article was first published in Electronic Business Law, February 2006, and is reprinted with permission
01/31/2006  U.S. Patent Reform Act of 2005: Top Ten Possible Changes
12/27/2005  Japan Fair Trade Commission Commences Consultation with Possible Candidates for Leniency
12/22/2005  Commission Publishes Green Paper on Damage Actions for Breach of the EC Competition Rules
12/15/2005  GE/Honeywell Appeal: The Commission Wins a Battle, but Did It Lose the War?
11/17/2005  China Law Bulletin - November 2005
11/15/2005  Offshore Outsourcing and Offshoring to China
11/08/2005  SAFE Circular 75 - The Key Provisions of Circular 75 and What They May Mean for Investors
10/31/2005  A WEEE Guide to Business User Responsibility in the UK
10/24/2005  China's Mining Ministry Reforms Licensing System; Puts FIEs on Equal Footing with Domestic Exploration and Mining Companies
10/19/2005  Morrison & Foerster China Office Represents China Resources Power Holdings in 2.5 Billion Yuan Sale
10/06/2005  Steve Toronto Named as One of the Shakers in Asian Legal Business' Hot 100
09/28/2005  China M&A Newsletter
09/27/2005  Morrison & Foerster Closes Major China Pharmaceutical M&A Transaction
09/15/2005  Nuts and Bolts of Complying with Japan's Anti-Spam Laws
08/12/2005  Further Delays to UK's E-Waste Regulations
08/04/2005  Employee Monitoring: Highlighting the Issues
07/26/2005  China Law Bulletin -- July 2005
07/22/2005  Japan Fair Trade Commission Publishes Draft Rules Under Anti Monopoly Act
07/12/2005  Commission Launches Sector Inquiries into Banking/Insurance and Energy Services
07/08/2005  SAFE Circulars
06/30/2005  When English is Best—Pitfalls of Filing Non-English International Patent Applications
06/03/2005  JFTC Refers Bridge Construction Bid-Rigging Case to Public Prosecutors Office for Criminal Indictment
05/09/2005  Ko-Yung Tung Joins New York Office of Morrison & Foerster
05/05/2005  What You Need to Know About Japan's New Law Concerning the Protection of Personal Information
04/21/2005  Amendments to Japanese Anti Monopoly Act: Japan Significantly Strengthens Its Antitrust Laws
03/29/2005  MoFo London's Corporate Team Starts Year on a High
03/25/2005  French Employers Who Provide Staff with Internet Access Are Held to the Same Data Retention Obligations as ISPs
03/10/2005  JFTC Challenges Intel's Rebate and Marketing Programs: Key Implications for Doing Business in Japan
02/25/2005  "On the Road" from China to NASDAQ: Perspectives from the Front Lines
01/24/2005  An Assessment of the UFJ Merger and Integration Protective Provisions Under U.S. Law
11/02/2004  Achieving an IPO Exit While Taking the Long View
11/01/2004  China Law Bulletin -- November 2004
10/20/2004  China's Mobile Phone Market -- The Ultimate Gateway for Distributing Branded Content or a Chaotic Dead-end?
10/06/2004  A New Era - AIM's Change of Status to an Exchange Regulated Market
10/01/2004  Key Points for International Media and Content Companies to Understand the Largest and Fastest Growing Mobile Market in the World
08/27/2004  Morrison & Foerster Represents Joyo.com in its Sale to Amazon.com
08/26/2004  Japan Fair Trade Commission's New Merger Review Guidelines
08/25/2004  New UK Statutory Dispute Procedures
08/11/2004  Radical Overhaul of the French Data Protection/Anti-Spam Regime as France Implements Two European Directives
08/09/2004  Morrison & Foerster Assists Shanghai Electronic Payment Innovater Smartpay in US$9,000,000 Round of Equity Financing
08/05/2004  B2C in Europe and Avoiding Contractual Liability: Why Businesses with European Operations Should Review their Customer Contracts Now
08/03/2004  Five Star: Tuxpan V -- One of the Fastest Closings Ever in the Mexican Power Market
07/29/2004  U.S. Discovery Procedures May Be Used for Foreign Administrative and Court Proceedings
07/27/2004  The Supreme Court Construes the Alien Tort Statute: Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain
07/27/2004  VC Exit Strategies in China
07/23/2004  Taking the Long View on IPO's: Getting There and Beyond
07/22/2004  MoFo Represents Hong Kong's Oldest Film Maker in Stake by EMI
07/22/2004  Securities Class Action Litigation in the U.S.-- What Asian Issuers Need to Know
07/16/2004  Quarterly Report on Water Industry Developments in Latin America -- July 2004
07/13/2004  Gone to Market: Japan
07/02/2004  U.S. Supreme Court Limits the Reach of U.S. Antitrust Laws, but Permits U.S. Discovery for Use in Foreign Tribunals
06/25/2004  The New PRC Trading and Distribution Rules: Dramatic and Important Steps to Open the PRC's Domestic Marketplace to Foreign Businesses
06/09/2004  REACH: European Union Proposal to Regulate Toxic Chemicals
06/07/2004  The New Technology Transfer Block Exemption
06/07/2004  Morrison & Foerster Represents Numerous Companies Listing on the Main Board and Growth Enterprise Market of the HKSE
06/01/2004  Morrison & Foerster Represents Thomson in Optical Components Agreement and US$90 Million Sale of China Manufacturing Facilities
05/18/2004  Judgment of European Court of Justice in IMS Health v. NDC Health
05/13/2004  Capital Opportunity: Private Placements of Debt Offer Fast, Lightly-Regulated Access to U.S. Investors
05/12/2004  The European Commission's Microsoft Decision
04/28/2004  MoFo China Assists CDH Investments with Stake in Focus Media
04/22/2004  Investing in China: A MoFo Guide to the Commercial and Regulatory Issues Affecting Foreign Investment
04/19/2004  Quarterly Report on Water Industry Developments in Asia - April 2004
04/15/2004  Supreme Court Examines the Alien Tort Statute: Oral Argument in the Alvarez-Machain Cases
04/15/2004  Morrison & Foerster Acts for Creator Holdings Ltd.
04/11/2004  Quarterly Report on Water Industry Developments in Latin America -- April 2004
04/02/2004  New United States-Japan Tax Treaty Enters Into Force: New Withholding Rates Take Effect on July 1, 2004
03/09/2004  EU Data Protection Requirements: An Overview for Employers
03/08/2004  The United Kingdom Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003
02/27/2004  Morrison & Foerster Advised CITIC Capital Markets Holdings
02/17/2004  New EC Merger Control Rules in Place
02/14/2004  EU Red Tape Goes Electronic
02/10/2004  Quarterly Report on Water Industry Developments in Asia -- January 2004
02/01/2004  Quarterly Report on Water Industry Developments in Latin America -- January 2004
01/26/2004  The EC Competition Law Modernization Program; Draft Flanking Measures Put Meat on the Bone
01/22/2004  Morrison & Foerster Acts for EchoStar Communications Corporation on the Launch of Reality TV USA
12/12/2003  Understanding the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003
12/11/2003  New Substantive Test for EC Merger Regulation
12/10/2003  European Court of Justice Clarifies the Application of Data Protection Directive to Websites
12/05/2003  Supreme Court of Japan Confirms Right to Claim Rent Decrease for Master Leases
12/02/2003  Congress Passes Anti-Spam Law, Preempts Much State Anti-Spam Legislation
12/02/2003  China's Foreign-Invested Venture Capital Regulation: Prospects for 2004
10/01/2003  New California Law Prohibits Unsolicited "Commercial" E-mail
09/23/2003  International Trademark Protection Under the Madrid Protocol
08/18/2003  Corporate Codes of Conduct Under Scrutiny
EU Data Protection Authorities examine the Possibility to satisfy Data Protection Requirements by Corporate Rules
07/28/2003  Collecting Society Practices Retard Development of On-Line Music Market
07/01/2003  Codes of Conduct: The Solution for International Data Transfers?
06/20/2003  Protecting Olympic Intellectual Property
06/20/2003  The Olympic Movement, the Games and Olympic IPR
06/12/2003  US and English Insolvency Law Risks for Licensees of Intellectual Property Rights in the Context of a Licensor's Insolvency
06/10/2003  Europe to Join Japan and the US -- a Bolar Exemption in Europe?
05/26/2003  Flying Out Of Control - US / EU Airline Data Wars
05/14/2003  The Birth of an Antitrust System in China
05/13/2003  UK Consultation on Implementation of the E.U. Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications
04/11/2003  PRC Government Restructuring
04/11/2003  China's New Foreign-Invested Venture Capital Regulation
04/11/2003  MOC and MOFTEC Adopt Regulations Regarding Foreign Investment in Construction Design and Urban Planning Service Enterprises to Address WTO Commitments
04/11/2003  MOFTEC Adopts New Holding Company Regime
04/11/2003  New MOFTEC Circular Clarifies Key Foreign Investment Issues
04/11/2003  New PRC Foreign-Invested M&A Rules and Other Related Regulations on Foreign Investment
04/11/2003  SAFE Issues Two Important Circulars Regarding Foreign Exchange for Direct Investment and Cross-Border Trading
04/11/2003  MoFo Assists Newpalm and Shareholders in Its Sale to Chinadotcom Unit
04/09/2003  MoFo Advises on China's Biggest Telecom Merger to Date
03/11/2003  Made in Japan: The American Lawyer's Profile of MoFo's Tokyo Office and Practice
02/07/2003  Reform of Online Defamation Laws in the UK -- Critical Issues for International Businesses
02/01/2003  Israel Practice News -- Winter 2003
02/01/2003  Microsoft Agrees to Modify its .NET Passport Service to Ensure Compliance with E.U. Data Protection Legislation
01/27/2003  Proposed Reform Package for the EU Merger Control Regulation
01/10/2003  SEC Proposes to Exempt Research and Development Companies
12/31/2002  Quarterly Report on Water Industry Developments in Latin America -- December 2002
12/23/2002  The EU's New Implementing Regulation for the Competition Rules
11/26/2002  The Judgment of the European Court of First Instance in Tetra Laval v. Commission
11/26/2002  The Judgment of the European Court of First Instance in Schneider/Legrand v. Commission
11/18/2002  China Releases Temporary Measures for Investment in Domestic Securities by Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors
10/30/2002  Employment in the European Union: Some Key Points
Employment Law Commentary, October 2002, Vol. 14 No. 10
09/23/2002  Quarterly Report on Water Industry Developments in Latin America -- September 2002
09/01/2002  Article 29 Working Party Issues Findings on the Law Applicable to the Collection of Data from E.U. Users via the Internet
08/05/2002  China Moves to Increase Private Sector and Foreign Participation in Airports and Aviation; Restructuring Creates Opportunities
08/01/2002  Proposed Amendments to the Israeli Research and Development Law, 5744-1984
06/25/2002  Import of Audio and Video Products into China
06/25/2002  China's State-Owned Asset Valuation System Reformed
06/25/2002  China Law Bulletin
06/24/2002  Highlights of Major Legal Issues Relating to China's Non-FIE Foreign Invested Companies
06/19/2002  Brief Introduction to Administration Procedures on Manufacturing Licensing of Industrial Products in the PRC
06/19/2002  China Revises Its Import and Export Commodity Inspection Law to Meet WTO Standards
06/19/2002  MoFo London Closes Deals for Lex Service and Fugro N.V.
06/05/2002  Hitachi and IBM Form Joint Venture for Hard-Disk Operations
05/19/2002  Israel Practice News
05/17/2002  SEC Adopts Rule Requiring Foreign Companies and Foreign Governments to File Registration Statements and Periodic Reports Electronically
05/09/2002  The State Council of the PRC Adopts New Administrative Regulations on Foreign-Invested Telecommunications Enterprises
05/08/2002  Rome II Regulation: Preliminary Draft Proposal for a Council Regulation on the Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations
05/01/2002  On the Technical Protection of Copyright in the EU
04/30/2002  European Law Bulletin
04/25/2002  The New German Contract Law - Impact on IT Contracts
04/15/2002  Where the Patent Trials Are: How the U.S. International Trade Commission Hit the Big Time as a Patent Litigation Forum
Reprinted with permission from the American Bar Association.
04/01/2002  Implementation of the EC Copyright Directive Into German Copyright Law
03/31/2002  Quarterly Report on Water Industry Developments in Asia
03/31/2002  Quarterly Report on Water Industry Developments in Latin America
03/18/2002  MoFo Tokyo Assists Broadband Provider ACCA Networks in $93M Financing
02/27/2002  MoFo Works on Billion Dollar LCD Plant in Singapore
02/22/2002  European Law Bulletin
02/09/2002  Morrison & Foerster Forms Argentina Crisis Team
02/08/2002  China Law Bulletin
02/08/2002  Telecoms: China Officially Open for Foreign Investment; Domestic Telcos to Be Restructured
02/08/2002  MOFTEC's New Move in Facilitating FIEs' Mergers with Domestic Companies
02/08/2002  China's New Technology Import Regime
02/08/2002  Protection of Integrated Circuit Layout Designs in China
02/05/2002  Quarterly Report On Water Industry Developments In Latin America: December 2001
01/23/2002  Guide on Disclosure of Price-Sensitive Information by Hong Kong Listed Companies
01/14/2002  Overview of the UK Financial Services and Markets Act -- 2000 (In Force From 12/01/01)
01/07/2002  Standardization and European Law: EC Antitrust Issues
12/20/2001  China Law Bulletin
12/20/2001  China's Commitment to Transparency Under WTO -- Concepts of China's Law and Administrative Regulations
12/20/2001  WTO UPDATE: Comparing the U.S.-China Bilateral Agreement and the Working Party Report
12/20/2001  The New Copyright Law in China
12/20/2001  China Opens Road Transportation to Foreign Investment
11/26/2001  European Law Bulletin
11/26/2001  The Legal Response to the September 11 Attacks: The USA-PATRIOT Act, the Executive Order on Prohibited Dealings with Terrorists, and the EU Directive On Money Laundering
11/19/2001  China Law Bulletin
11/15/2001  China Enacts New Venture Capital Investment Rules
11/15/2001  Domain Name Registration and Dispute Resolution in China
11/15/2001  General Web Addresses in China
11/15/2001  Capital Verification in the PRC
10/15/2001  Global Data Protection Compliance
09/26/2001  Commercial Code Reform: Recent Changes in Japan's Investment Regs
09/19/2001  European Law Bulletin
09/19/2001  Quarterly Report On Water Industry Developments In Latin America: September 2001
09/15/2001  Lessons from the Field: Private Sector Involvement in Water Projects
Reprinted with permission from Water/Engineering Management Magazine
09/14/2001  Hyperlinking Liability in Europe: Precedent and Future
09/13/2001  EU's Statement of Objections to Microsoft Monopoly
08/31/2001  MoFo Invited to Join Water Steering Group of the Institute of the Americas
08/07/2001  European Competition Authority Imposes Interim Measures Forcing U.S. Company to License Intellectual Property
<span>A version of this article also appears in the September, 2001 issue of <i>Managing Intellectual Property<i>.</span>
07/18/2001  EU Proposes IAS Regs
EU Proposes Regulation on the Application of International Accounting Standards
07/17/2001  European Law Bulletin
06/25/2001  Recent Changes to the EC Competition Rules
Draft of New De Minimis Notice; New Rules on Hearing Officers
05/04/2001  Governing Law in the EU
Reprinted from New York Law Journal
04/27/2001  China Law Bulletin: Sweeping Amendments to Chinese Pharmaceuticals Law
04/01/2001  European Union Copyright Directive in Place
04/01/2001  Business Method Patents in Europe - A Saussurean Explanation
03/01/2001  Japanese Domain Names
03/01/2001  The European Company "SE": Soon, a New Way of Structuring Your Corporation in Europe
12/01/2000  EC Competition Rules on Horizontal Cooperation Agreements
11/01/2000  Diplomatic Conference Votes to Maintain Status Quo Regarding Software Patents in Europe Pending Issuance of a New Software Patent Directive by the European Union
11/01/2000  Privacy and Transborder Transfer of Personal Data--Latin America
08/01/2000  Safe Harbor for Transfer of Personal Data from the EU to the US
07/01/2000  United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Work on Electronic Commerce and Digital Signatures
07/01/2000  European Parliament Vote on the Safe Harbor Agreement
06/01/2000  EU Commission Proposal regarding VAT on Digital Goods
05/01/2000  Quick Update on EU E-Commerce Developments: April 2000
05/01/2000  EU Directive on Electronic Commerce
03/01/2000  Quick Update on EU E-Commerce Regulatory Developments
02/01/2000  World Bank Group and Softbank to Invest in Internet Enterprises for the Developing World
02/01/2000  European Union Data Directive
01/01/2000  Toward an Asian Venture Capital Model
01/01/2000  China's Regulation of the Internet and Related Legal Issues
06/01/1999  EU E-Commerce Alert
05/01/1999  EU E-Commerce Alert
03/01/1999  Computer Program Product Claims Allowed By the European Patent Office -- Impact on Software Patent Claiming
10/31/1998  The Digital Millennium Copyright Act
10/01/1998  SEC Adopts Amendments to Regulation S
09/01/1998  Another Step Towards A European Framework for Electronic Signatures; The Commission's Directive Proposal